A former minister of Communications, Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu has warned president Tinubu not to do away with vice president Shettima or risk losing his chances for a second tenure.

Disclosing this during an interview on AIT Focus Nigeria, Shittu started that Shettima is a wise vice president and not one to be discarded for any reason.

This is coming following speculations that Tinubu may pick another vice-presidential running mate ahead of the 2027 election, a claim which the Presidency debunked stating that Tinubu’s decisions remain undisclosed untill he begins re-election campaign.

However, Shittu has come out to want the president ahead of the said time against dsocsrding Shettima.

He said; “Shettima was not nominated as vice president because of whatever cleavage he had with ANPP, on his own merit he got it. Shettima as a person merits it, so to start clinching on history is not part of it.

“I would vote for Shettima any day because he merits it, he is a very intelligent vice president. I don’t know what he has done for people to think that he would act differently. I don’t think Shettima deserves any prevarication on his continuity in Tinubu’s team.

“If there are any such suggestions from any quarters, I think we must be very careful about it.

“Discarding Shettima would bring a lot of disruptions if that move is made and it could endanger the possibility of Tinubu’s second presidency. They must continue, you don’t punish anybody for doing anything wrong.”